Adaptation of the circular platform spatial memory task for mice: Use in detecting cognitive impairment in the APP(sw) transgenic mouse model for Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-95

  Pompl, Patrick N ^a   Mullan, Michael J ^a   Bjugstad, Kimberly ^a   Arendash, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

APPSW transgenics; Circular platform; Cognition; Mice; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; MOUSE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; REVERSAL LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033082456     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00169-1     Document Type: Article

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